The first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule. Bruno -- as he is affectionately nicknamed -- may be the town's only...
No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she’d be happy to avoid. High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that’s precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to Frank...
A BURNT-OUT COTTAGE A FORTUNE BURIED IN THE ASHES A BODY THAT COULD SOLVE A DECADES OLD CRIME DC Jack Warr and his girlfriend Maggie have just moved to London to start a new life together. Though charming, Jack can’t seem to find his place in the...
5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST:
1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath.
2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body.
3) Those locks on hotel room doors? Not very secure.
4) A curly...
A fine assembly of characters make their appearance in Peter Lovesey’s collection of crime short stories, some murderers, some victims. For instance: a butcher, a belly-dancer, an agony aunt, an amorous bookseller — and more besides.
Sleight...